enforceable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English enforce

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old French -ablebor.

Middle English -able

English -able

English enforceable

From enforce + -able.

Adjective

enforceable (comparative more enforceable, superlative most enforceable)

1. Capable of being enforced.
   • 2024 July 16, Michael D. Shear, “Biden Considers Pushing for Major Changes to the Supreme Court”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     President Biden is seriously considering legislative proposals that would dramatically alter the Supreme Court, including imposing term limits and an enforceable code of ethics on the justices, according to a person familiar with the ongoing discussions.

Antonyms

• unenforceable

Derived terms

• enforceably
• nonenforceable

Related terms

• enforceability
• unenforceability

Translations

capable of being enforced

• Catalan: executori
• Czech: vymahatelný
• Finnish: toimeenpanokelpoinen
• Ido: exekutebla (io)
• Italian: azionabile, esecutorio
• Manx: yn-churmal, yn-jeeaney